Trump official claims record-breaking 300,000 visas were revoked

The revocations targeted visa holders who had allegedly broken the law, or pose threats to national security.

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The Trump administration has said it has revoked more than 300,000 visas issued to foreign nationals, claiming it has done so at a faster pace than any previous administration.

A spokesman for the US Department of State said on social media on Tuesday that the revocations targeted foreign nationals in the United States on visas who had broken the law, committed fraud or posed threats to national security.

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“We have zero tolerance for foreigners here on visas who break the law, commit fraud, or undermine our national security,” Tommy Pigott, State Department spokesman, said in a post on the social media platform X .

The administration would continue taking action to secure US borders and protect national security, he added.

Al Jazeera has reached out to the State Department for comment.

The number of visa revocations exceeded 175,000 in August.

In January, the department said it had revoked more than 100,000 visas, a record at the time.

The administration has also adopted a stricter policy on granting visas, with tightened social media vetting and expanded screening.

Rights advocates and human rights experts have condemned the Trump administration’s social media screening efforts, which they say threaten free speech and are akin to surveillance and the singling out of immigrants.

此次吊销签证的目标是那些涉嫌违法或对国家安全构成威胁的签证持有者。

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特朗普政府表示，已撤销向外国公民签发的 30 多万份签证，并声称其速度比以往任何一届政府都快。

美国国务院发言人周二在社交媒体上表示，此次撤销签证的目标是持签证在美国的外国公民，他们违反了法律、犯有欺诈罪或对国家安全构成威胁。

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特朗普不顾全球人权抗议，加大对第三国美国公民的遣返力度（共4条）。

“我们对持签证入境的外国人违法、欺诈或危害国家安全的行为零容忍，”美国国务院发言人汤米·皮戈特在社交媒体平台 X 上发帖称。

他补充说，政府将继续采取行动，确保美国边境安全，维护国家安全。

半岛电视台已联系美国国务院寻求置评。

8月份签证吊销数量超过17.5万份。

今年1月，该部门表示已撤销超过10万份签证，创下当时的纪录。

政府还采取了更严格的签证发放政策，加强了对社交媒体的审查，并扩大了筛选范围。

人权倡导者和人权专家谴责特朗普政府的社交媒体审查举措，他们表示这些举措威胁言论自由，类似于监视和针对移民的歧视。